拜

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See also: 拝
拜 U+62DC, 拜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62DC
← 招
[U+62DB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 拝 →
[U+62DD]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

拜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手一手十 (HQMQJ), four-corner 21550, composition ⿰龵⿱一丰)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 427, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1846, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+62DC

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 拜
alternative forms
 
拝
𢷎
𢳎
𢴽
𢰛
拝
𢷎
𢳎
𢴽
𢰛
𡴬
𢱭
𣬓
𣬊
𢫶

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 拜
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (拜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拜 *proːds
湃 *pʰroːds

Originally 𢱭. Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 扌 (“hand”) + 𠦪 (“herbs”), a hand holding herbs as a gift. 𣬓 and 𢫶 are variant forms showing the hands at the bottom.

Etymology[edit]

"to bow"
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
"byte"
Borrowed from English byte.
"bye"
Borrowed from English bye.
"day of the week"
Shortened from 禮拜／礼拜 (lǐbài, “day of the week”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: bái - only used in 拜拜 (báibái).
Note:
  • bái - literary;
  • buái - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 拜
Mandarin Beijing /pai⁵¹/
Harbin /pai⁵³/
Tianjin /pai⁵³/
Jinan /pɛ²¹/
Qingdao /pɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pai³¹²/
Xi'an /pai⁴⁴/
Xining /pɛ²¹³/
Yinchuan /pɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /pɛ¹³/
Ürümqi /pai²¹³/
Wuhan /pai³⁵/
Chengdu /pai¹³/
Guiyang /pai²¹³/
Kunming /pæ²¹²/
Nanjing /pae⁴⁴/
Hefei /pe̞⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pai⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pæ³⁵/
Hohhot /pɛ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /pa³⁵/
Suzhou /pɑ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /pe̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /pa⁴²/
Hui Shexian /pa³²⁴/
Tunxi /pa⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /pai⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /pai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /pai⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /pai⁵³/
Taoyuan /pɑi⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pai³³/
Nanning /pai³³/
Hong Kong /pai³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pai²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /puɑi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /pai³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /pai²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔbai³⁵/
Rime
Character 拜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 博怪切
Baxter peajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pəɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/pɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/pɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/păiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 拜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pɛjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.pˁro[t]-s/
English bow, bend (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拜
Reading # 1/1
No. 222
Phonetic
component 		拜
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		𢷎
Old
Chinese 		/*proːds/

Definitions[edit]

拜

  1. to do obeisance; to bow; to kowtow
  2. to pray to; to worship
    拜神  ―  bàishén  ―  to pray to a deity
    拜祖先  ―  bài zǔxiān  ―  to pray to one's ancestors
  3. to establish a relationship
  4. (polite) Used before a verb to show respect.
  5. (computing, informal) byte
  6. (informal) bye; goodbye
  7. (Malaysia, Singapore, Hakka, Min) day of the week (when used with a number)
    拜一  ―  bàiyī  ―  Monday

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

拝

Kyūjitai

拜

Kanji[edit]

拜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拝)

  1. worship
  2. adore
  3. pray to

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

拜 (eumhun 절 배 (jeol bae))

  1. Hanja form? of 배 (“do obeisance; bow; kowtow”).
  2. Hanja form? of 배 (“worship”).
  3. Hanja form? of 배 (“yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)”).

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

拜: Hán Nôm readings: bái, vái, bay, bây, phai, phải

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